Lurk

The 2005 movie, Little Manhattan, features a ten year old boy named Gabe who begins to fall in love with an eleven year old girl named Rosemary Telesco while living in the ever complicated New York City. In the beginning of the movie, Gabe describes the differences between girls and boys and the “iron wall” that is between that makes it difficult for boys and girls to be close friends at that age. From maturity levels, physical attributes,social and mental development; this stage in Gabe’s life…

Many people tend to believe in rumors spread by others instead of learning the truth about a person’s life before judging them. Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley has always been a person of interest for Scout. He lurks in the dark and is a shroud of mystery, the only information learn about him is through rumors. As Scout develops and matures, she realizes that Boo Radley is not as he seems, and learns a lesson from her prejudice of him. Through the novel, To Kill a…

Society and freedom are contradictory. Societal forces are detrimental to the human spirit. The novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the film, The Truman Show by Peter Weir, and the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, all are related to the contradicting themes of society and freedom. The more one is influenced by the society, the less freedom he has. Being free in a society that is savage has negative consequences. Freedom that one does not earn…

“Nothing” is a seven-letter word. Regardless of its small nature, however, the phrase congregates the whole message of the Swiss Village commercial into one compact word. In this context, “nothing” could refer to the activities performed by the man in a lighthearted sense. He obviously enjoys what he does at Swiss Village, so he replies with the word “nothing” to describe the simplicity of his enjoyable day. The Swiss Village commercial entices the elderly audience to join their community…

when you look past the perfected smiles and false authenticity? This question can best be assessed when looking deep into the three main characters of the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Crazy Sunday”. In the spotlight of the public, insecurity lurks underneath the surface of the romanticized hollywood lifestyle each character deals with everyday. The short story 's plot is based around the main character Joel Coles, and his new experiences as a fairly fresh face in Hollywood. The…

The Dangers of Social Media Statistics show that there’s as many as 747,408 registered sex offenders in the United States, in addition over 25% of teenagers claim that they have experienced cyber bullying (Enough is Enough), (Landau). Sexual predators prey on young teens and kids, with the development of social media sexual predators can easily have access to your kids and teens by unknowingly adding them as a friend. Furthermore approximately 22 million students encountered cyberbullying in…

There was a photographer at the hotel party Nick and Tom went too, and he took pictures of everything that was happening. Nick resembles the photographer because how involved he was in everyone’s life but doesn’t belong. Like the photographer he lurks among the events to observe and document. One way he failed to represent a photographer is that they stay in the background; this is something Nick failed at and doing the complete opposite. Nick was with Daisy the first time she went to Gatsby’s…

Food is what we all need to sustain life on this planet. The major question is what foods are good and how much do we need to eat. Michael Pollan hits on major issues about the american diet over the last one-hundred years. He talks about how the industry has changed and the effects on society today. The times in life where america was feeling great and times like today where we could use a little help. Food is made up of all different types of things. Do you have any idea what you are eating?…

“Come on Alex, stop resisting for god's sake,” she urged. “No,” I replied plainly and sat down on the floor as she kept on tugging my arm towards the room that was located only a few feet from us. “Ugh, you're impossible,” she complained stomping her feet on the ground several times. “Why thank you,” I say with a smirk plastered on my face. If you were wondering, this was my best friend. Her name was Andrea, Andrea Millers or who I called Annie, and she has been my best friend for the last 5…

Children of the Black Skirt is an Australian gothic performance. Written by Angela Betzien, published in 2005, and directed by Leticia Caceres. (Realtv, n.d.) The storyline of this historical Australian gothic performance is of three lost children discover an abandoned orphanage in the bush and learn a national history of Australia through the spirits of children who are trapped there. As their stories are told their spirits are released. These stories range from convict times, World War Two and…